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2022.09.14 (Wed)

【#960】Japanese Parliament Lacks Intelligence and Morals

September 12, 2022 　 Hearing that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would attend special committee meetings of the in-recess Diet and answer questions from representatives of major parties including the ...

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2022.06.29 (Wed)

【#934】Any Patriotic Politician Worrying About the Country?

June 27, 2022 　 In their ongoing official campaigns for the triennial House of Councilors election on July 10, Japanese political parties have failed to clarify the priority order of campaign issues...

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2022.06.20 (Mon)

【#930】Pax Americana Is Over

June 20, 2022 　 The online edition of Foreign Affairs on June 13 carried an article headlined “The Real End of Pax Americana.” Its author is Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign...

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2022.06.14 (Tue)

【#927】Brzezinski’s Respectable Foresight

June 13, 2022 　 Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security adviser to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, authored a book titled “The Grand Chessboard” 25 years ago. French demographer Emmanuel T...

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2022.05.18 (Wed)

【#917】Okinawa’s Anti-Mainland Sentiment Is Difficult to Eliminate

May 16, 2022 　 While events to mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan took place at various locations in Japan these days, I sensed little rejoicing from the bottom of heart expre...

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2022.05.02 (Mon)

【#914】Chance Has Come for Japan to Amend Constitution

May 2, 2022 　 Changes in the international situation are prompting the need for Japan to amend the constitution. The Ukraine war has led North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries to enhance defen...

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2022.04.06 (Wed)

【#906】American Decline Contributing International Disorder

April 4, 2022 　 The purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," said Lord Hastings Ismay who served as military adviser ...

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2022.03.16 (Wed)

【#896】Japan Insensitive to International Security Crisis

March 14, 2022 　 Where has the time gone when postwar U.S. Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy hoisted flag of democracy and liberalism to lead the world brilliantly? A...

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2022.02.24 (Thu)

【#888】Ukraine Crisis Signals Change in U.S.-Europe Alliance

February 21, 2022 　 The world is breathlessly watching whether Russian troops would invade Ukraine, wondering how large the potential war would be. Be that as it may, the United States’ and major Eu...

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2022.02.09 (Wed)

【#882】Ishihara Readily Agreed to Become a JINF Director

February 7, 2022 　 I was startled when hearing the death of Shintaro Ishihara in a TV news program from 7 p.m. on February 1. This may be because the news came soon after I saw a video showing that ...

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